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"The Party"
by

Kati Gaustad

Three friends, Nadia, Krissy and Andrea, were sitting at a table, at the
towns local
hangout, when Nadia’s crush, Matt, said he wanted to talk to her. Nadia
excused herself
from her friends and asked Matt what he wanted.
“Well, actually, I wanted to know if you wanna go to my friend Anthony’s
party.
It’s this Saturday night”, he said.
She felt her face become red from blushing and said,
“Yea, I’ll go. But can my friends come to?” she asked.
“Krissy and Andrea?” he asked.
Nadia nodded her head.
Matt assured her that would be fine. Nadia told Matt that she had to get back
to her
friends and he said he had to go home anyway and that he would call her.
They exchanged phone numbers and walked away from each other.
Krissy and Andrea were dying to know what happened. Nadia told them about
the
party invite and that they could come along also. The two girls said that
they could go.
They were all very excited.
On Friday, the girls went shopping after school. They all wanted to buy
cool, yet a
little sexy looking outfits.
Nadia bought a short black skirt and a purple tube top. Krissy bought a short
blue dress.
And Andrea spent her money on a pair of khaki colored pants and a white
halter top.
After shopping, they all went home. They were now even more excited, knowing
that
they were going to look cute and also be surrounded by guys!
When Saturday night came, they were a little nervous. After all, it was
their first
time going to a real guy/girl party without any parents home. Krissy was
the only one
out of them that had her license, so she drove.
On the way there, they got lost. Matt’s directions weren’t very clear and
the party
wasn’t even in their town. When they finally got to the party, they were
almost an hour
and a half late! They thought that Matt was going to be really mad at them
all. Nadia felt
so bad that she told Krissy and Andrea to go in and tell him that if he
forgave her that she
would be outside. Nadia’s friends tried to get her to come in, but she
refused.
So, when the two girls went inside, they were amazed at what they saw.
They
could tell Matt didn’t even noticed that Nadia wasn’t there because he was
hanging all
over some other girl! And he was also drunk. He couldn’t walk and he was
acting so
stupid and making a fool out of himself. Andrea and Krissy looked at each
other and
shook their heads.
They walked back outside and told Nadia that the party was dumb so they
should
go home. Nadia asked,
“Why? What’s going on?”.
They explained what they had seen and Nadia was really upset. She was mad and
sad at
the same time.
The girls all agreed that Matt was a total jerk and that they could have fun
on their own.
They went to a teenage dance club and had a great time. They met new people
and
laughed more than ever.
The next time Nadia saw Matt she made it clear that she wanted nothing to
do
with him. They never spoke again. But Nadia realized she didn’t lose
anything. She knew
she had a pair of really good friends that would always be there for her. No
matter what.

Posted- November 11, 1999